Dollars and Sense The Problem That Could Cost Donald Trump the Midterms: High Gas Prices That Just Refuse to Go Down Thanks to the Iran War Oil touched its highest since July after the Houthi attack on Saudi oil, and the pain is landing at American pumps: records on Labor... Stephen SilverSeptember 8, 2026
The Treaty The Middle East Has a New Problem: The Houthis Declared a Blockade of Saudi Shipping in the Red Sea — and Vow ‘Siege-for-Siege’ The Houthis declared a blockade of Saudi shipping in the Red Sea and vowed a siege-for-siege policy, just as Riyadh reportedly reroutes most of... Georgia GilholySeptember 8, 2026
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More ‘I Think Today’s Development Speeds up the Saudi Engagement in This War’: Houthis Just Launched an Attack on Saudi Oil Saudi Arabia plans to retaliate against the Houthis and has informed its allies, CNN reports, after the biggest strike on the kingdom yet pushed... Stephen SilverSeptember 8, 2026
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More Iran’s Uranium — Enriched to a Short Step from Weapons Grade — Has Gone Unverified for the Better Part of a Year, per the IAEA Seven months after the February strikes, critics charge that Washington's fight to keep Hormuz open has crowded out the war's nuclear goal. Iran's near-weapons-grade... Steve BalestrieriSeptember 8, 2026
Dollars and Sense ‘Spark in a Powder Keg’: Iran Is About to Double Gasoline Prices for Many, and Some are Sleeping In Their Cars Overnight to Fill Up Iran will double its third-tier gasoline price from Monday to contain fuel shortages — drivers are sleeping in cars to queue, and the country... Georgia GilholySeptember 7, 2026
Dollars and Sense Oil Prices Hit Their Highest Level in Six Weeks as the Tanker Exchanges Escalate — and Goldman Warns of More to Come Oil prices have climbed to their highest levels in six weeks as the tanker war escalates: Hegseth vows to destroy and sink Iranian tankers... Shay BottomleySeptember 7, 2026
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More Trump Just Got Handed a Big Clue That the War with Iran ‘Could Drag on For Months’ and Even Escalate Into Something Worse The Iran war will likely run another six months without resolution, Leon Panetta tells the Guardian — a terrible stalemate with few exits, on... Jack BuckbySeptember 7, 2026
Dollars and Sense Tehran Just Got Handed a Countdown by Its Own Officials: Around Two Months of Gasoline Left, Senior Sources Tell Reuters Iran is bracing for a long economic war: annual inflation is running near two-thirds, wages cover less than a third of a basic household... Jack BuckbySeptember 7, 2026
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More The US Military Just Got Hit With a Years-Long Rebuild: Patriot Stocks in the Hundreds, Not Thousands, and No Good Alternatives The Iran war's costs will outlast the fighting: Asian LNG has more than doubled, container carriers have absorbed billions in extra fuel costs, and... Jack BuckbySeptember 7, 2026